Rent Hannibal: Series 1 (2013)
3.9 of 5 from 113 ratings
8h 57min
- General info
- Available formats
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- Synopsis:
Before 'Silence of the Lambs', before 'Red Dragon', Hannibal Lecter was a brilliant psychiatrist in the employ of the FBI. His task: to help an unusually gifted criminal profiler, Will Graham, who is haunted by his ability to see into the minds of serial killers. After a particularly grueling case hunting a serial killer known as the Minnesota Shrike, Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) threatens to walk away. Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne), the head of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, desperately needs Will on his team to break the tough cases, so he enlists Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen), to ensure Will's mental well-being. Unbeknownst to Will, Hannibal also has a particular insight into these horrible crimes and the psychopaths who commit them. As Will hunts down brutal killers, he is unknowingly sitting across from the most gifted killer of them all. - Actors:
- Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Hettienne Park, Laurence Fishburne, Scott Thompson, Aaron Abrams, Dan Fogler, Kacey Rohl, Vladimir Jon Cubrt, Sarah Evans, Wayne Ward, Krista Patton, Bernadette Couture, Wayne Downer, Torianna Lee, Greg Dunfield, Suzanne Coy, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Aidan Devine
- Directors:
- David Slade, Michael Rymer, Peter Medak, Guillermo Navarro, James Foley, Tim Hunter, John Dahl
- Producers:
- Jennifer Schuur, Carol Dunn Trussell
- Creators:
- Bryan Fuller
- Writers:
- Bryan Fuller, Thomas Harris, Jim D. Gray, Chris Brancato, David Fury, Jennifer Schuur, Scott Nimerfro, Kai Wu, Jesse Alexander, Steve Lightfoot, Andrew Black
- Studio:
- StudioCanal
- Genres:
- TV Crimes, TV Dramas, TV Mysteries
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 02/09/2013
- Run Time:
- 559 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- First Look Featurette
- Forensics 101 Featurette
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Apéritif
2. Amuse-Bouche
3. Potage
4. Oeuf - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
5. Coquilles
6. Entrée
7. Sorbet - Disc 3:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
8. Fromage
9. Trou Normand
10. Buffet Froid - Disc 4:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
11. Rôti
12. Relevés
13. Savoureux
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Reviews (3) of Hannibal: Series 1
Mad Mads Mickleson - Hannibal: Series 1 review by DO
Loving this series. Mads is very believable and always good value. The main FBI guy can get a bit annoying,but this is more than compensated by the rest of the cast. Rent it.
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Absolutely Brilliant TV Series with Breath-taking Attention to Detail - Hannibal: Series 1 review by PV
I had no idea what to expect of this BUT have long admired Mads Mikkelsen as an actor (eg The Hunt) so know he would nail it, and he does, with other characters. He plays Hannibal Lecter as a dandy, and the cooking skills are admirable! References to future films of The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal and Red Dragon make me want to watch them again, esp the latter.
The story is complex and all very moody in tone, with the sort of long pauses and time taken for emotions to register which may try the patience of youngsters with short attention spans. This then is really not for those with puppy brains.
However, I revelled in the psychological complexity here, the mind games, though of course suspension of disbelief is needed - in reality DNA, CCTV, and NPR would catch a killer pretty quickly.
This is highly enjoyable 'grand guignol' drama - to the reviewer who called it 'icky', OH PURLEASE? It;s Hannibal Lecter. So what were you expecting then? Unicorns, rainbows and group hugs with teletubbies?
Loved it. 3 series apparently all filmed in Toronto. Then TV company cancelled it because of lower ratings. Maybe not a bad thing - some of these US box set series go on way too long.
Loving it for now! 5 stars.
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Far too icky - Hannibal: Series 1 review by CP Customer
The first Hannibal film starred Brian Cox as a perfectly reasonable Lecter, controlling and organising from his prison cell, and co-starred William Petersen as the hapless Will Graham, directed by Michael Mann to brilliant effect. Then we had Sir Anthony Hopkins chomping the scenery, and apparently scaring the stuff out of crew from his cage even when the camera was idle. Now it's the distinguished Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen doing duty for the hungry psycho, and Hugh Dancy as Will. Only trouble is, we've seen it all before and somewhat classier done. These guys are very fine actors, but I for one cannot see the point, unless of course it's an exploitational, melodramatic and gut wrenchingly explicit point, in re-treading such a well, well worn path.
William Goldman was correct when he famously opined, 'Nobody knows anything.' He was speaking of how Hollywood was unable to guess what the public would go for next, but these days, it's because nobody knows how to write a decent psycho thriller anymore. Without thrusting our noses into the yuk.
For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they will like.
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